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11 July 2018

A comedian and journalist in Tajikistan was handed a 12-year prison sentence on embezzlement charges Wednesday, a court official said, in a case that has drawn criticism from international rights groups. ...

08 July 2018

A Brazilian appeals court judge on Sunday quashed a fellow judge's bombshell ruling ordering the release of jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a day of legal tumult that comes just months before the South American country's ...

06 July 2018

A Turkish court on Friday handed out heavy jail sentences to six journalists from the now-shut down Zaman newspaper which backed US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen blamed for the failed 2016 coup. ...